To make it easier to characterize values that change so broadly, it’s common to make use of a logarithmic scale to plot the luminance. The scanline beneath represents the log base 10 of the luminance, so going from 0.1 to 1 is the same distance as going from one hundred to one thousand, for example. I’ve been a tech journalist for more years than I’m willing to admit. My specialties at CR are TVs, streaming media, audio, and TV and broadband companies. In my spare time I construct and play guitars and bass, journey motorcycles, and like to sail—hobbies I’ve not yet discovered how to safely combine. Second, as famous above, the sort of HDR doesn’t appear to be too important proper now.

First of all, TVs are all over the map when it comes to picture quality, HDR or no HDR...